Anyone ever bought only one running shoe?

Brooks used to charge specialty retailers an additional fee for ordering mixed size pairs. So like a 10D on one foot and an 112E on the other.

So based on that, I bet you could special order a single shoe for 1/2 price of a pair + $30.

No, the one on the wall is generally a match for something.... often a smaller men's size (8 for example). Thus you're not getting a discount.

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Brooks used to charge specialty retailers an additional fee for ordering mixed size pairs. So like a 10D on one foot and an 112E on the other.

So based on that, I bet you could special order a single shoe for 1/2 price of a pair + $30.

Is the +$30 the same no matter the original price of the shoe? (like for a $120 shoe vs a $140 shoe?)

If I special order online I'll probably also have to pay extra for same-day shipping, because I'll need them for track tomorrow... so I'm not sure if this will be worth it. Do you have a link to where I can order single shoes?

green lantern wrote:

No, the one on the wall is generally a match for something.... often a smaller men's size (8 for example). Thus you're not getting a discount.

But if they have the matching shoe in my size? Then they should give me 50% off. It's worth checking out. I'll probably go to the running store right when they open tomorrow to see if I can get the shoe before practice.

Try to go to the grocery store and eat half a bag of Skittles. You don't get to pay half the price simply because you want to. You pay full price. It is how stores work.

Yes, from what i knew it was a $30 upcharge on any shoe. HOwever with next day shipping, etc, you're probably looking at ~$200. Just got to the running store and buy a new pair at 100-120 and call it a day.

Metoo wrote:

green lantern wrote:

No, the one on the wall is generally a match for something.... often a smaller men's size (8 for example). Thus you're not getting a discount.

But if they have the matching shoe in my size? Then they should give me 50% off. It's worth checking out. I'll probably go to the running store right when they open tomorrow to see if I can get the shoe before practice.

You don't understand. The store takes a shoe out of the box and puts it onto the wall. They then take the other shoe and leave it in the box and put it back on the shelf in the box.

If somebody needs that size, they then buy that pair. A different box (presumably in a different size) is then opened and one shoe is removed and placed on the wall.

The shoe store isn't getting a single shoe to put into the wall, they're just using one of a pair they have in stock. That pair is still for sale.

The running store opens at 8:00 today. I'll quickly buy the shoe I need and then leave. Morning practice is at 8:30. I'll let you know how things turn out later.

gosh, buy some new shoes dude, they will be uneven if one is new and one is old..

Hi everyone! So here's what happened. I went into the running store at opening time. They didn't have my kind of shoe in stock, and I didn't want to run with different models of shoes on each leg (even though there was a shoe in my size on the wall). I needed shoes for practice so I just bought another pair of shoes and ran in those. I really did like my old model of shoes, so I want to keep looking for a match for my current shoe. A teammate told me about another running store about a 30 minute drive from campus. I'll probably go there tomorrow between morning and afternoon practice.

teamgoesfast wrote:

gosh, buy some new shoes dude, they will be uneven if one is new and one is old..

My current shoes were pretty new though, so I don't think this will be an issue. I hope the other running store has the match for my shoe.

This sounds a bit like a troll to me...

But if it's not, depending on how old your current pair of shoes is, you might just be better off getting a new pair anyway.

Was this a stray dog? or did it just get away from the owner? If the owner regularly walks the dog around the school, look for them in the future. Then ask about the shoe and if they have seen it.

You need to go on a Paralympics message board with this thread, dummy.

There should be an app for this called Mismatch. Mismatch would allow you to find another person with the opposite problem. That way you can each pay for one pair of shoes and get the sizes you need.

Mismatch buddy. For profit.

I will pay you for your single usee running shoe. I pay more if you typically run without socks. Tell your teammates too.

Reptilians wrote:

This sounds a bit like a troll to me...

But if it's not, depending on how old your current pair of shoes is, you might just be better off getting a new pair anyway.

Was this a stray dog? or did it just get away from the owner? If the owner regularly walks the dog around the school, look for them in the future. Then ask about the shoe and if they have seen it.

I only got the shoes about a week ago, which is why the loss of one is really frustrating. That's a good idea to look for the dog, my college has some certified housing that allows pets. Dogs are supposed to be leashed in campus but of course lots of dog owners don't follow the rules because they never believe that their "special pooch" could cause any trouble.

OCD_runner wrote:

There should be an app for this called Mismatch. Mismatch would allow you to find another person with the opposite problem. That way you can each pay for one pair of shoes and get the sizes you need.

Mismatch buddy. For profit.

I wish that existed. Did you ever lose a shoe on a run? I feel like this wouldn't be such an uncommon problem. I'm actually pretty surprised that there hasn't been another poster yet who this has happened to.

Metoo wrote:

OCD_runner wrote:

There should be an app for this called Mismatch. Mismatch would allow you to find another person with the opposite problem. That way you can each pay for one pair of shoes and get the sizes you need.

Mismatch buddy. For profit.

I wish that existed. Did you ever lose a shoe on a run? I feel like this wouldn't be such an uncommon problem. I'm actually pretty surprised that there hasn't been another poster yet who this has happened to.

I could see having a shoe come off during a run, but actually losing one?

If you arrive at a run or race with two shoes and arrive home with one, you shouldn't be trusted with the $100 a pair of shoes cost.

So here's another update...

Right after morning practice, I went to the other running store that I'd heard about. They had my model in stock, and it was even on the wall! But the one on the wall wasn't my size. I asked in the store if I could buy the match for my shoe, and they said that they could give me the one shoe, but I'd have to pay full price (the amount for the pair), so I didn't buy it.

My college's athletic department pays for any replacement equipment that the scholarship athletes need, but when I asked the track coach about getting money back for the new pair of shoes I got, he said that the equipment replacement rule didn't apply to me because I'd lost the shoe, the pair wasn't worn out. And the school had already paid for a the pair of shoes that I'd gotten the week before (the one that I was wearing when I lost one of the shoes)... so irritating...

Terry Fox was able to. You're not Terry.